Uncategorized Archives - Empower Oversight

ICYMI-No, Appointing A ‘Special Counsel’ Is Not A License For DOJ To Obstruct Congress

dev | August 22, 2023

WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight President, Tristan Leavitt, and Founder and Chair, Jason Foster, wrote in an op-ed for The Federalist about the need for even more congressional oversight and public scrutiny after U.S. Attorney David Weiss was appointed a special counsel in the Hunter Biden case. “The appointment of Weiss and the controversies that led …

Senate Intelligence Committee Leadership Agrees to Changes Preserving FBI Whistleblower Protections

dev | November 17, 2021

Grassley Thanks Whistleblower Groups Led by Empower Oversight for Supporting Coalition Letter WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) announced in a statement submitted to the U.S. Congressional Record that the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) has agreed to changes to improve whistleblower protections in the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA). Grassley …